Do you want to hear how an author got published after five years?
Do you want to hear how many times they were rejected?
Do you want to hear the pros and cons of how they chose their agent, indie publisher, or self-publisher?
Do you want to hear about the pros and cons of how they advertise on social media?
Do you want to hear about the negative reviews they were getting?
Do you want to hear about not getting enough reviews?
Do you want to hear about a rival author they clash with?
Do you want to hear how they dislike readers who criticize online?
Do you want to hear how libraries or book stores won’t shelve their books?
Do you want to hear how expensive it is to have a website, newsletter, editor, etc.?
Do you want to hear how much a book is without knowing what it is about?
Do you want to hear how long it took to write the book?
Do you want to hear what got cut out of the story?
Do you want to hear how much they earned? Or how much in the hole they are?
Do you want to hear how hard they worked in high school on their stories?

The list goes on and on.

When you write for years, when you finally publish, you’ve covered a lot of ground and earned some scars. However, the reading public does not want to hear about all the steps you went through. They just want a great story. Or in terms of nonfiction, they want a book that improves THEIR qualify of life.

To a reader, it isn’t about you. It’s about the book THEY BOUGHT. It’s about how the money they invested in a book brought them good information or pleasure. They want to pick up a book and read. They want to pick up a magazine and read the articles. They just want a story . . . period.

Stop telling the world how hard you have it as an author. Just write. Just publish. Then repeat. Readers just want good reading material. They don’t need the story about how it came about.